Wikipedia:Editor review/Josve05a
Josve05a (talk · contribs · count) I am pretty active on Wikipedia and would love to one day (long in the future) to become an admin. I would appriciate all input about me, so I can know my flaws (and weaknesses). (t) Josve05a (c) 15:07, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
Questions
- What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Are there any about which you are particularly pleased? Why?
- I am a WikiGnome, I have a bot called Josvebot that fixes DEFAULTSORTs etc., but my main contributions is fixing CHECKWIKI-errors, reporing bugs about AWB and WPCleaner. I also revert vandalism with Huggle and STiKi. Since Around December I have also started reviewing AfC's and creating my own articles (few, but at least that is something).
- Have you been in editing disputes or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future? If you have never been in an editing dispute, explain how you would respond to one.
- I have been in a few edit diputed I think. One of the recent ones were when one user was removing, what I tought was a BLPprod, but I was wronged. I could have handeled the matter better, but when I was about to 3RR I went to WP:ANI and requested assistance from other users.
- What do you want to get out of this editor review? Are you thinking of running for adminship? Would you like feedback on a specific area of your editing? Or would you just like a general review of your edits?
- As I saied at the top of the page, I would like to one day (maybe, if the community would accept me) to become an admin. I was running for admin once, but I got too many oppose, so I withdrew.
Reviews
So after looking through your contributions as an editor, I have a few thoughts. Your overall presence is great - thousands of edits, and a lot of much-needed housekeeping that makes a positive impact on the community. You stated that your ultimate goal is to become an Administrator, for which you have faced opposition. I think the biggest difference you can make is becoming more of an active user.
Most of your contributions have been reversions, reports of vandalism, and general page cleanup. Though this is great (and a valuable asset for an admin candidate), you could be more involved. For instance your reviews and comments at WP:AfC are great, and demonstrate user interaction, and observing consensus. In addition, your creation of the Josvebot is great, and shows varied experience. Perhaps you could create a bot that deals with combating vandalism and making reverts, as this function is currently in high demand, and feasible, given your experience in bot-development. Moreover, after looking at your talk page, I can see that there have been comments and questions you haven't answered - for instance, [[User:MissyRedBoots| inquired as to why you were rejecting her article, to which you didn't respond. Helping new users allows them to gain the same skills you have, and shows user interaction skills. Something else you could focus on, is creating content, rather than removing it and making small edits. Try finding topics and articles you're interested in, and promote them to good article status. Though a lot of key articles exist, many of them are stubs and incomplete, giving you the opportunity to add to them. This would show voters of adminship that you uphold a standard of high quality in articles and that you have varied experience.
All in all, though you have made a lot of great contributions as an editor, your lack of variety and depth is what is in between you and adminship. Your contributions are lopsided by the number of small edits you have - by branching out into bot-development, more user interaction, and adding content, you will show voters that you are a well-rounded and experienced editor. The community looks at more than how many chores you help, or how many edits you have, during a request for adminship. Prottush (talk) 19:21, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
Agreed regarding Making more bots. We could always use another ClueBot NG or anti-vandal bot, as our one poor bot can not reach some vandalism in time! (note, if I should not be commenting here, go ahead and tell me, its ok, im a newbie at heart.) Happy Attack Dog (you rang?) 23:44, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
I think, perhaps, there is a language barrier here. That could be an obstacle. Enigmamsg 20:27, 3 April 2014 (UTC)